Fence-post.



PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903. 7

Patented October 13, 1903;.

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JOHN F. MARTIN, OF MARSHALL, MICHIGAN.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 741,354, dated October 13, 1903. Application filed January 22, 1902; Serial No. 90,825. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Fence- Post, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fence-posts.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction-of fence-posts, more especially the manner of securing fence-wires to the same, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive fence-post which will hot be affected by the weather or the moisture of the ground and which will be practically indestructible.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the wire column or framework of a post constructed in accordance with this invention, the cement filling being indicated in dotted lines. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of portions of the wire column or framework, illustrating one form. of wire-receiving device. Figs. 4: and 5 are detail views illustrating slight modifications of the wire-receiving device. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a portion of a wire column or frame, illustrating a modification of the invention.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates a wire frame or column designed to be embedded in a filling or body portion 2, of cement or other plastic material, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings and as shown and described in Patent No. 674,538, granted to me May 21, 1901, and the said cement or other plastic ma terial is adapted to protect the column or frame from the weather and fromthe injurious effects of moisture of the ground, and the frame or column binds the plastic material and affords the necessary strength whereby the fence-post is rendered practically indestructible. The frame or column consists of longitudinal wires 3, disposed in zigzag form and extending diagonally around the column and forming a symmetrical design. The wires 3 are twisted together at the bottom of the column in pairs at 4, and the wires of each pair extend in opposite directions and are twisted at opposite sides of the mesh or opening (3 with the adjacent wires, and they continue upward diagonally around the column or frame, which is substantially cylindrical. Instead of twisting the wires and extending them diagonally around the column or frame, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the wires may be laced back and forth, as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings. The wires 7 (illustrated in Fig. 6) are twisted together at the bottom of the column and diverge upward and are twisted around the adjacent wires at the opposite sides of the meshes or openings 8, and they then converge and are twisted together at 9 directly above the bottom twists 10. The wires form substantially diamond-shaped openings, and the frame or column may be of the same diameter throughout its length or it may taper toward the top.

The column 1 is provided at intervals with approximately \I- shaped wire-receiving devices 11, arranged horizontally and having its sides spread adjacent to the column and provided at their terminals with eyes 12 for embracing the adjacent twisted portions of the column, whereby the wire-receiving devices are mounted thereon, The wirereceiv ing devices, which may be of any desired. number and which may be at any desired intervals, have their apexes 13 bent inward upon themselves, forming hooks which frictionally engage and clamp fence-wires 1 1, whereby the latter are securely fastened to the fence-post.

In Fig. 1 the wire-receiving device 15 is substantially V-shaped and is provided at its ends with eyes and is adapted to receive a locking-wire 16, similar to the locking-wires shown and described in the said patent. In Fig. 5 of the drawings the wire-receiving device is composed of two sides, provided at its ends with eyes 17 and twisted adjacent to the frame at 18 to form a rigid stem and to provide an elongated loop 19. The eyes 17 receive the adjacent twisted portions of the column, and the loop 19 is adapted to have a fence Wire or runner threaded through it.

The frame or column has the approximately diamond-shaped loops or openings arranged at intervals throughout its entire length and they are located wholly within the body portion or filling, and the continuous wires are twisted at the top, bottom, and sides of the loops or openings.

It will be seen that the construction, besides being adapted for fence-posts, is capable of being advantageously employed as a telegraph or telephone pole and as a hitchingpost or the like.

What I claim is v In an artificial-stone post, the combination with a cement body portion, of a tubular skeleton strengthening frame or column embedded therein, said column consisting of a JOHN F. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

CHAR-LES O. MILLER, LOUIS O. MILLER. 

